The cache should be easy to see if you are in the right spot. This cache is in a private community; please only park in the designated "trail parking." Please be respectful of your environment. Once you find the first, continue along the Rail Trail to the next cache.
**Congrats to HLHS_Tx_Aunt1 for the FTF!**
Situated along Main Street and adjacent to the railroad tracks, you will see our historic train station (or ticket office) and to the rear its separate freight station. Both were erected in 1870 with the advent of the railroad line coming through Elverson. The two were built in the Victorian style and continue to lend a certain charm to our historic district today. In the heyday of the railroad this site was the center of much commerce flowing both in and out of our small town, and it was where man men and boys would gather, as it was a hub for local and even national news.
When the rail lines were torn up in the early 1980’s, the train station was kept in good repair and became used as a district office for Pennsylvania State Representative Tim Hennessey. The freight station, however, fell onto hard times, until it was rescued by two different Elverson Boy Scout Eagle projects. In 1998 it was repaired and repainted, and in 2003 its missing loading docks were rebuilt as they had originally looked. Then in 2012 this historic shed became functional once again. A set of 60 cluster mailboxes were installed inside to serve residents of east-end Elverson. Once again it’s a place to meet your neighbor and exchange town news!